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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 236 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Taylor |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0236 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 000582 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, |
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| 14 | 13 | | relative to detection of criminal patterns. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 1, is amended by adding |
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| 18 | 17 | | the following as a new part: |
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| 19 | 18 | | 38-1-1001. Part definitions. |
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| 20 | 19 | | As used in this part, "qualified nonprofit organization" means a legally |
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| 21 | 20 | | constituted, non-governmental entity incorporated under state law as a charitable or non- |
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| 22 | 21 | | profit organization that is tax-exempt according to 26 U.S.C. ยง 501(c)(3). |
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| 23 | 22 | | 38-1-1002. Automatic notification of emergency assistance services for rental |
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| 24 | 23 | | properties. |
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| 25 | 24 | | (a) A law enforcement agency must send automatic notification to a qualified no- |
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| 26 | 25 | | profit organization of calls received for emergency assistance services at a rental home |
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| 27 | 26 | | or apartment complex, if the qualified nonprofit organization has registered the address |
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| 28 | 27 | | of the rental home or apartment complex with the law enforcement agency for the |
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| 29 | 28 | | purpose of distributing the calls for service to rental property owners and managers. |
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| 30 | 29 | | (b) A rental property owner or manager may contact a registered qualified |
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| 31 | 30 | | nonprofit organization to sign up to receive the distribution of the automatic notification of |
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| 32 | 31 | | calls for emergency assistance at the owner or manager's properties for the purpose of |
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| 33 | 32 | | detecting and acting on crime patterns. |
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